Dr. Noemi Cruz-Orcutt can counsel you on different options to replace missing teeth and to help you restore your smile. 

Dentures 

Dentures are removable appliances that can replace missing teeth and help restore your smile.  If you’ve lost all of your natural teeth, whether from gum disease, tooth decay or injury, replacing missing teeth will benefit your appearance and your health.  That’s because dentures make it easier to eat and speak better than you could without teeth.

When you lose all of your teeth, facial muscles can sag, making you look older. Dentures can help fill out the appearance of your face and profile. They can be made to closely resemble your natural teeth so that your appearance does not change much. Dentures may even improve the look of your smile.

Types of dentures:

• Conventional: This full removable denture is made and placed in your mouth after the remaining teeth are removed and tissues have healed, which may take several months.

• Immediate: This removable denture is inserted on the same day that the remaining teeth are removed. Your dentist will take measurements and make models of your jaw during a preliminary visit. You don’t have to be without teeth during the healing period, but may need to have the denture relined or remade after your jaw has healed.

• Implant Overdenture: Sometimes implants can be placed to provide stability and support for the denture. An implant overdenture fits and is attached over the implants.

 

Partial Dentures

Removable partial dentures usually consist of replacement teeth attached to pink or gum-colored plastic bases.  Depending on your needs, your dentist will design a partial denture for you.  A partial denture may have a metal framework and clasps that connect to your teeth, or they can have other connectors that are more natural looking.

Crowns on your natural teeth are sometimes needed to improve the fit of a removable partial denture and they are usually required with attachments.